Quick-Step Floors man Elia Viviani has slipped past right at the finish line to take Ewan’s victory leaving him third as Sunweb’s Bauhaous takes second place.
His Tour Down Under stage three victory was has helped by a last-minute burst of sprint that pushed the rider on the first place leaving behind the overall race leader Ewan who ended up taking third and Team Sunweb’s rider Bauhaus who took second.
??? PURE ELIATION ???@eliaviviani claims his first stage win as a @quickstepteam rider in a scorcher of a day from Glenelg to Victor Harbor
Story: https://t.co/VqoKdDu3zA#TDU pic.twitter.com/HIvF7498FA
— Santos Tour Down Under ?? (@tourdownunder) January 18, 2018
Today’s victory marks Viviani’s first one of the season.
“It’s the fourth sprint we do, and it’s not easy to come in January in good condition, so I think I never win in the early season like that. That’s a good thing. I feel really, really lucky to be here and to take this win,’ Viviani said.
“I just tried to be in good position,” Viviani said after the stage. “The guys did another perfect job. The feeling was good with the team. I have an amazing team. I really thank all of my mates.”
On the other hand, disappointed Ewan admitted that he botched the finale very badly even though his teammates worked hard to create the perfect lead-out for him.
“I’m pretty disappointed actually. My team gave me an absolutely perfect lead-out, but I really stuffed it up the end,” Ewan said. “It was a bit of a head wind and I didn’t want to go too early. I waited a little bit too long, and Elia got the jump on me. He was too quick to bring him back.
“I think in hindsight with that finish you are better off coming from behind as I did last year. But like I said, I cannot fault my team. They were absolutely perfect. They did exactly what I asked them to do, and it was my stuff up in the end.”
Australians love a come from behind victory ? … @eliaviviani #TDU @BigScreenVideo #adelaide #seesouthaustralia pic.twitter.com/9kwhHTYLPy
— Santos Tour Down Under ?? (@tourdownunder) January 18, 2018
2018 Tour Down Under stage three results
Elia Viviani (Ita), Quick-Step Floors, 3-04-40
Phil Bauhaus (Ger), Team Sunweb
Caleb Ewan (Aus), Orica-Scott
Simone Consonni (Ita), UAE Team Emirates
Peter Sagan (Svk), Bora-Hansgrohe
Simon Clarke (Aus), EF Education First-Drapac
Alexander Edmondson (Aus), Mitchelton-Scott
Zak Dempster (Aus), Uni SA-Australia
Dries Devenyns (Bel), Quick-Step Floors
Jay McCarthy (Aus), Bora-Hansgrohe, all at same time
General classification so far
Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott, 10-58-36
Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
Daryl Impey (Rsa) Mitchelton-Scott
Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
Peter Sagan (Slo) Bora-Hansgrohe
Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin
Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE-Team Emirates
Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
Anthony Roux (France) FDJ, at same time
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